New Castle Court House Museum
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 16, 2022
Historic building reopened after being closed since Dec. 31, 2021 for the installation of a fire sprinkler system.
John Dickinson Plantation Receives Award of Excellence
Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Museum honored for its project “Search, Discovery, and Interpretation of the African Burial Ground at the John Dickinson Plantation.”
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: GATH’s Literary Work and Folk
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Monday, June 13, 2022
George Alfred Townsend, known by his pen-name Gath, was one of Delaware’s most famous writers of the 19th century. Born the son of a Methodist pastor in Georgetown, Townsend would work as a war correspondent during the Civil War, write for several newspapers, and publish several books, both fictional and biographical. Many of Gath’s works […]
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: William Hare Master Potter
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Monday, June 6, 2022
William Hare operated the largest pottery business in Delaware, despite not having a large, industrialized operation. Christopher Espenshade’s study of Hare’s work provides insight into Delaware’s pottery industry, 19th-century changes in pottery products, and the development of the modern city of Wilmington. William Hare: Master Potter of Wilmington, Delaware, 1839-1885 – by Christopher Espenshade […]
Delaware African and Caribbean Affairs Commission Celebrates National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Delaware African and Caribbean Affairs Commission | Department of State | Date Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2022
The month of June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month—a month dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the significance of Caribbean people and their descendants in the history and culture of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of June 2019, the Caribbean-American population of the U.S. was more than 13 million. “Caribbean Americans have […]
